I'm trying to understand how I could have ended up with Charles Finney as number 2 on this list, so I could somehow correct this view... Or maybe it doesn't even really matter...

I wouldn't worry about it. As some have already pointed out, there weren't many Orthodox theolgians on the list. I scored as Augustine, which I liked except for the fact that it said I "strongly believe in predestination." So just take it with a grain of salt.

Selam

Logged

"There are two great tragedies: one is to live a life ruled by the passions, and the other is to live a passionless life."Selam, +GMK+

You seek to make inner feeling and awareness of God the centre of your theology, which is the foundation of liberalism. Unfortunately, atheists are quick to accuse you of simply projecting humanity onto 'God' and liberalism never really recovers.

Logged

If you will, you can become all flame.Extra caritatem nulla salus.In order to become whole, take the "I" out of "holiness". सर्वभूतहितἌνω σχῶμεν τὰς καρδίας"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is." -- Mohandas GandhiY dduw bo'r diolch.

You Scored as Karl BarthThe daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.

Me: Anselm (1033-1109) 80%Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'

Probably means I have Orthodox theology, since Augustine is the next highest choice for me, and Anselm lived about the time of the Schism in England, and the list lacks any Orthodox philosophers besides Augustine.

Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"...

« Last Edit: June 19, 2010, 10:31:56 AM by philalethe00 »

Logged

"Look down from heaven, O Lord, upon those who bow their heads unto You, for they do not bow to flesh and blood, but to You, the awesome God".(D. Liturgy, St. John Chrysostom)"When the world laughs, the saints, in crying, draw the Divine compassion onto humans."(Paul Evdokimov)

I thought it would be interesting to see what I would score now (even though a bunch of questions I just had to make up an answer).

You Scored as Paul Tillich

Paul Tillich sought to express Christian truth in an existentialist way. Our primary problem is alienation from the ground of our being, so that our life is meaningless. Great for psychotherapy, but no longer very influential.

As a result of a thousand million years of evolution, the universe is becoming conscious of itself, able to understand something of its past history and its possible future.-- Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS

Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"...

OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is?

Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"...

OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is?

I'm sorry if this sounded offensive, brother... Basically, I've already done it(see previous posts), it's Jurgen Moltmann!!!! I bought a book of his at some book festival lately. He's quite good, I think, regardless of his being protestant(laughter)...

« Last Edit: June 19, 2010, 10:09:11 PM by philalethe00 »

Logged

"Look down from heaven, O Lord, upon those who bow their heads unto You, for they do not bow to flesh and blood, but to You, the awesome God".(D. Liturgy, St. John Chrysostom)"When the world laughs, the saints, in crying, draw the Divine compassion onto humans."(Paul Evdokimov)

Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"...

OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is?

I'm sorry if this sounded offensive, brother... Basically, I've already done it(see previous posts), it's Jurgen Moltmann!!!! I bought a book of his at some book festival lately. He's quite good, I think, regardless of his being protestant(laughter)...

You Scored as AnselmAnselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'

I stopped posting here in August 2011 because of stark disagreement with the policies of the administration and moderating team of the forums. If you desire, feel free to PM me, message me on Facebook (link in profile), or email me: cddombrowski@gmail.com

Some of the questions are so subjectively phrased, I don't even know what they mean. Many of them use expressions particular to one or another denomination. I wouldn't know what to make of those. It's fun to play with these quiz things, but they could use a simplified rewrite.

Logged

He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom will have no end.

Honestly, considering there were no Orthodox people on the list, I think Karl Barth is pretty good to get.

You Scored as Karl BarthThe daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.

Just for fun, here's a proposed list of Orthodox theologians that might be on such a list. Whether you think they differed in belief, I think these ten differed at least in approach enough to merit being on the list together. If you prefer, you can think of it as ten people viewing the same truth from ten points of view, all within the circle of acceptable orthodoxy. After all, these people weren’t just mindless robots repeating what people before them had said… they all had their own voice to add to the chorus (except maybe St. John of Damascus. He was pretty much a robot. ). So, here’s the list…

St. IrenaeusSt. AthanasiusSt. Gregory the TheologianSt. John ChrysostomSt. AugustineSt. Maximos the ConfessorSt. John of DamascusSt. PhotiusSt. Symeon the New TheologianSt. Gregory Palamas

A few comments about how I came up with the list. I avoided using Biblical writers, for reasons I can get into if necessary. Second, when considering the original list, some would argue that Tillich is hardly a Trinitarian-monotheist Christian, that Augustine is a heretic, etc., so I was tempted to include people like Origen in the Orthodox list... but I eventually decided against it. Also, I generally tried to stick with the heavy hitters; I mean, I like Aphraates and all, but how many people would know who he was if that was the answer they got?

Another thing is that, if I was going for variety of thought, I had to necessarily leave off certain beloved saints, if I already had someone on the list that was quite close to them in thought. Still another is that I wasn‘t sure what to do about including anyone after St. Gregory Palamas. I have read enough about St. Nektarios, St. Justin Popovich, and some others that I could have thrown one of them on the list, but I didn’t want to include them just so that the list looked balanced; so instead I just went with the ten best I could think of, regardless of when they happened to live (also, I felt like including St. Justin Popovich would have been a fairly biased pick). And finally, I tried to avoid just picking favorites. Thoughts on changes that are needed?

Logged

"Christian America is finally waking up to what fraternities and biker gangs have known for years: hazing works!"